If you could invest in the "religious stock market" which religion(s) would you put your $ into and why?

Question

Consider that like a business... overall growth, integrity, and satisfied customers (church members) shoots your stock up; while fraud, discontent, and apathy drags it down.

Which church's stock would you avoid?

Don't say none, that's boring - imagine you *had* to put $1,000 somewhere.

Answer 1

Well I would employ a mixed strategy

$200 into the hinduism for long term stability and dividends
$400 into Islam for security + growth potential
$250 into paganism as a pure growth
$150 into Buddhism due to its potential in emerging markets (US)

Answer 2

The contrarian in me is going to flow this style. issues to steer away from , Fundamentalism often is a failure of the followers to exersize sturdy due dilligence on the area of their chosen faith, via extension that's a failure finally as no religious textual content fabric - to my understanding - would be effectively totally actually interpreted without inflicting the "interpreter" to could flow into verbal or logistical contortions for each thing to "paintings". From a actual perspective, it is perchance like the huge fancy motor vehicle that demands you electrocute your self in trouble-free terms a sprint to get it to coach left or amazing. That motor vehicle could sound cool, and you may even p.c. tocontinual it around a speedy time yet faster or later the shocks basically grow to be stressful and consequently that's a foul investment long term. If I had to %. a christian faith, i pick the two Unitarians or Catholics, the two are particularly trouble-free however the Catholics have a tendency to be too dogmatic the two have a tendency to be consistent of their messages and not given to extensive extremes - a minimum of from now on. amazing now between the huge 3 , Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, i pick Christianity provided that, like it or no longer Christians stand the final threat of having off-international first and as a effect barring some anti-christian alien scourges throughout the time of each inhabitable international, would seem to be the final long term investment. yet there's a huge "IF" right here, provided that some factions of Christians and Islamsists have began indulging in Crusades 2.0 (new better - with Nukes and Bioweapons). it may flow very bady very in the present day for the two factor and probable the two. The Jewish faith - of direction - we are in a position to all agree , began all of it - (from the Mosiac perspective a minimum of). and would o.k. finally end up being exterminated - for actual this time, basically via being interior the flow-hearth. If all people thinks Brooklyn is any much less interior the this Crusader's/Jihadi's war than Tel Aviv, properly, it is probable no longer. in case you have been finding for ultimate long term investment from the soft-sell perspective, flow with Buddism/Taoism or some form of Neo-stoicism or something via fact the greater rational / much less risky the religion the lots greater probable that's to stand the try of time - finally.

Answer 3

Islam, because it's the fastest growing religion and is the second largest in the world. I'd avoid Catholicism on principle, and because the majority of Catholics I've run in to aren't really Catholic, they just say they are and show up at church for Christmas to make their family happy.

Answer 4

I think I'd split it between Judaism and Buddhism, or maybe if I could split it 3 ways, add hindu in there too.

might be less strong in growth, but way higher in integrity and satisfaction, and much less in the negative's.

I think it'd be a wiser investment in the long run.

I'd avoid christianity and anything less than 2000 years old. too young and volatile.

Answer 5

I would put it into Catholicism. It continues to grow, and history has shown it can weather any storm. I would avoid the Anglican Communion, because it is falling apart.

Answer 6

word of faith. The new status symbol for their pastors is a Lear Jet.